Re:Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor (2016)
by ams6110 on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:01PM
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But they don't have an unlimited budget. There are a certain number of prosecutors working for the county and they all have a certain number of hours in the work week. There is a limit to what they can do. They will not bring a case to trial if they don't feel they have a good chance of conviction. And they will offer pleas deals to reduce their workload. They're not going to waste time on a marginal case.
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What's wrong with our laws and our country if we have so many criminals that we can't afford to prosecute them? We should fix that problem instead of papering over it.
Re:Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor (2016)
by scarface74 on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:29PM
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The problem is our insane drug laws. I don't believe we have enough criminals to have such a high incarceration rate.
Re:Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor (2016)
by scarface74 on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:28PM
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A plea bargain and the ability to threaten the accused with long prison sentence means they can get convictions for marginal cases.